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Water Polo, Men

Date	13 – 20 July 1924
Status	Olympic
Location	Piscine des Tourelles, Saint-Mandé
Participants	101 from 13 countries
Format	Single-elimination tournament. Bergvall system for second- and third-place.

Great Britain had won the water polo gold medal in 1908, 1912, and 1920, but lost in the first round to Hungary, 7-0, and was eliminated. The hometown French team advanced to the final, where they met Belgium. Belgium had won water polo medals in 1900, 1908, 1912, and 1920, while France had never won an Olympic medal in the sport. In a major surprise, even to the French fans, France shutout Belgium, 3-0, to win the gold medal.

Belgium entered the second-place tournament, held in the Bergvall style, defeating Sweden 4-3, and then meeting the United States in the silver-medal match. Belgium defeated the US 2-1, but the Americans protested, which was allowed, only to see Belgium win silver by the same score in the replay. Hungary, Czechoslovakia, and Sweden met in the third-place tournament, with Sweden defeating both teams to meet the United States, which was seeded in as a result of losing the final match in the second-place tournament. The US narrowly defeated the Swedes, 3-2, to take the bronze medal, in an upset, as Sweden had won medals in the sport in 1908, 1912, and 1920. Hungary placed fifth. The next time they would not medal in the sport, at an Olympics in which they competed, would be 1988.

	Pos	Number	Team	NOC	Goals
1	–	France	👁 Image FRA	16	Gold
–	Albert Deborgies	–
–	Noël Delberghe	–
–	Robert Desmettre	9
–	Paul Dujardin	–
–	Albert Mayaud	3
–	Henri Padou, Sr.	3
–	Georges Rigal	1
–	René Bertrand DNS	–
–	André Fasani DNS	–
–	Jean Lasquin DNS	–
–	Jean Pérol DNS	–
2	–	Belgium	👁 Image BEL	20	Silver
–	Gérard Blitz	1
–	Maurice Blitz	–
–	Joseph Cludts	2
–	Joseph De Combe	–
–	Pierre Dewin	14
–	Albert Durant	–
–	Georges Fleurix	1
–	Paul Gailly	–
–	Joseph Pletincx	1
–	Jules Thiry	–
–	Pierre Vermetten	1
3	–	United States	👁 Image USA	10	Bronze
–	Art Austin	2
–	Oliver Horn	–
–	Fred Lauer	–
–	George Mitchell	–
–	John Norton	3
–	Wally O'Connor	1
–	George Schroth	1
–	Herb Vollmer	3
–	Johnny Weissmuller	–
–	Elmer Collett DNS	–
–	Jam Handy DNS	–
Coach	Bill Bachrach
4	–	Sweden	👁 Image SWE	27
–	Cletus Andersson	7	1
–	Erik Andersson	4
–	Wille Andersson	–
–	Nils Backlund	4	2
–	Theodor Nauman	–
–	Martin Norberg	–
–	Gösta Persson	1
–	Hilmer Wictorin	–
–	Sten Friberg DNS	–
–	Erik Skoglund DNS	–
–	Nils Skoglund DNS	–
5	–	Hungary	👁 Image HUN	17
–	István Barta	–
–	Tibor Fazekas	–
–	Lajos Homonnai	–
–	Márton Homonnai	2
–	Alajos Keserű	1
–	Ferenc Keserű	9
–	József Vértesy	–
–	János Wenk	5
–	Sándor Ivády DNS	–
–	F. Kann DNS	–
–	Béla Nagy DNS	–
Coach	Béla Komjádi
6	–	Czechoslovakia	👁 Image TCH	11
–	Vladimír Ankrt	–
–	František Franěk	–
–	Jan Hora	1	3
–	Hugo Klempfner	–
–	František Kůrka	–
–	Vojtech Neményi	–
–	Jiří Reitmann	–
–	Josef Tomášek	–
–	František Vacín	–
–	František Černík DNS	–
–	Jiří Hummelhans DNS	–
7	–	Netherlands	👁 Image NED	12
–	Gé Bohlander	5
–	Willy Bohlander	–
–	Willem Bokhoven	2
–	Jan den Boer	–
–	Sjaak Köhler	4
–	Karel Struijs	–
–	Han van Senus	1
–	August Goedings DNS	–
–	Appie van Olst DNS	–
–	Roel van Senus DNS	–
=8	–	Ireland	👁 Image IRL	2
–	Stewart Barrett	–
–	Jim Beckett	2
–	Jimmy Brady	–
–	Pat Convery	–
–	Cecil Fagan	–
–	Michael O'Connor	–
–	Noel Purcell	–
–	Norman Judd DNS	–
–	Joseph O'Connor DNS	–
=8	–	Spain	👁 Image ESP	0
–	Manuel Basté	–
–	Jaime Cruells	–
–	José Fontanet	–
–	Francisco Gibert	–
–	Luis Gibert	–
–	Enrique Granados	–
–	José María Puig	–
–	Antonio Bretos DNS	–
–	Joan Trigo DNS	–
–	Mariano Trigo DNS	–
–	Alfonso Tusell DNS	–
Coach	Félicien Courbet
=10	–	Great Britain	👁 Image GBR	6
–	Harold Annison	–
–	Jack Budd	–
–	Charles Bugbee	–
–	Dick Hodgson	–
–	Arthur Hunt	–
–	Paul Radmilovic	–
–	Charles Smith	–
–	David Edward DNS	–
–	Bob Haston DNS	–
–	Bill Peacock DNS	–
Coach	Paul Radmilovic
=10	–	Greece	👁 Image GRE	1
–	Andreas Asimakopoulos	–
–	Nikolaos Baltatzis-Mavrokordatos	–
–	Nikolaos Kaloudis	–
–	Georgios Chalkiopoulos	–
–	Pantelis Psychas	–
–	Anastasios Theodorakis	–
–	Dionysios Vasilopoulos	–
–	C. Peppas DNS	–
–	E. Vlassis DNS	–
–	C. Vourvoulis DNS	–
=10	–	Italy	👁 Image ITA	0
–	Tito Ambrosini	–
–	Mario Balla	–
–	Aroldo Berruti	–
–	Mario Cazzaniga	–
–	Eugenio Dellacasa	–
–	Achille Gavoglio	–
–	Giuseppe Valle	–
Coach	Mario Boero
=10	–	Switzerland	👁 Image SUI	0
–	Karl Biefer	–
–	Henri Demiéville	–
–	Georges Girod	–
–	Werner Kopp	–
–	Albert Mondet	–
–	Fernand Moret	–
–	Robert Wyss	–

Round One

Date	13 – 14 July 1924
Format	Single-elimination.

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	13 Jul 11:45	Sweden	👁 Image SWE	7 – 0	Italy	👁 Image ITA
Match #2	13 Jul 16:30	Hungary	👁 Image HUN	7 – 6	Great Britain	👁 Image GBR	AET
Match #3	13 Jul 17:00	France	👁 Image FRA	3 – 1	United States	👁 Image USA	AET
Match #4	14 Jul 11:15	Netherlands	👁 Image NED	7 – 0	Switzerland	👁 Image SUI
Match #5	14 Jul 17:00	Czechoslovakia	👁 Image TCH	6 – 1	Greece	👁 Image GRE

Quarter-Finals

Date	15 July 1924
Format	Single-elimination.

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	15 Jul 10:30	Sweden	👁 Image SWE	9 – 0	Spain	👁 Image ESP
Match #2	15 Jul 11:15	Czechoslovakia	👁 Image TCH	4 – 2	Ireland	👁 Image IRL
Match #3	15 Jul 16:15	Belgium	👁 Image BEL	7 – 2	Hungary	👁 Image HUN
Match #4	15 Jul 17:00	France	👁 Image FRA	6 – 3	Netherlands	👁 Image NED

Semi-Finals

Date	16 July 1924
Format	Single-elimination.

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	16 Jul 16:30	Belgium	👁 Image BEL	5 – 1	Czechoslovakia	👁 Image TCH
Match #2	16 Jul 17:00	France	👁 Image FRA	4 – 2	Sweden	👁 Image SWE

Final Round

Date	17 July 1924
Format	Medal round.

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match 1/2	17 Jul 16:30	France	👁 Image FRA	3 – 0	Belgium	👁 Image BEL

Third-Place Tournament

Date	18 – 20 July 1924
Format	Single-elimination.

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	18 Jul 10:30	Hungary	👁 Image HUN	7 – 0	Czechoslovakia	👁 Image TCH
Match #2	19 Jul 16:30	Sweden	👁 Image SWE	4 – 1	Hungary	👁 Image HUN
Match #3	20 Jul 17:00	United States	👁 Image USA	3 – 2	Sweden	👁 Image SWE

Consolation Round

Date	18 – 20 July 1924
Format	Single-elimination.

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	18 Jul 16:30	Belgium	👁 Image BEL	4 – 3	Sweden	👁 Image SWE
Match #2	18 Jul 17:00	United States	👁 Image USA	4 – 2	Netherlands	👁 Image NED
Match #3	19 Jul 17:00	Belgium 4	👁 Image BEL	2 – 1	United States	👁 Image USA
Match #4	20 Jul 10:30	Belgium 5	👁 Image BEL	2 – 1	United States	👁 Image USA

URL: https://www.olympedia.org/results/38068